Independent Payment Advisory Board
Mary Grealy, president of Healthcare Leadership Council, said in a recent conference “The Affordable Care Act’s Independent Payment Advisory Board
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Month: December 2016
The Medical Device Tax
Lawmakers, lobbyists and industry executives are hoping the first business tax breaks President Trump delivers is to go to the
Read MoreOne in Nine
A recent study of U.S. adults with Medicare, only one in nine have dental insurance and found just forty-six percent
Read MoreVA Hospital Ratings
The Department of Veterans Affairs has for years assigned star ratings to each of its hospitals but refused to make
Read MoreRetired Coal Miners At Risk Of Losing Promised Health Coverage And Pensions
(By Kara Lofton, West Virginia Public Broadcasting in partnership with Kaiser Health News and NPR) Without congressional intervention, about 16,000
Read MoreThese drug price hikes cost taxpayers millions
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Drugs to treat cancer, high blood pressure, and seizures experienced large price spikes in 2015,
Read MoreTrump vows to lower drug prices — pharma, biotech stocks drop
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday pledged to tackle high drug prices in an interview
Read MoreCourt orders HHS to eliminate Medicare appeals backlog
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) A federal judge has ordered HHS to clear its backlog of Medicare reimbursement
Read MoreLife Expectancy In U.S. Drops For First Time In Decades, Report Finds
(By Rob Stein for NPR) One of the fundamental ways scientists measure the well-being of a nation is tracking the
Read MoreYou’re Not Just ‘Growing Old’ If This Happens To You
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) When Dr. Christopher Callahan examines older patients, he often hears a similar refrain.
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